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The rising sun is exactly what a group of Lego fans got to see when they stayed up all night during the company’s first ever all-night building event in New Orleans. To kick off the Bricktober 2012 season, these fans of all ages helped Lego Builders build Lord Vampyre – the lead villain of the new Lego Monster Fighters construction collection. This version of Lord Vampyre happened to be 10 feet tall, however, and consisted of several thousand Lego bricks.

This was truly a celebration worthy of the Big Easy. There was a party-like atmosphere the entire night with costume contests and side builds of many of the new Monster Fighters sets. Everyone in attendance left with a sense of accomplishment and several loose bricks. I believe I even saw the vampire Lestat having a good time along with a few other New Orleans vamps.

The Lego Monster Fighters website has all the information on this new collection. There is a couple of hours of family entertainment on the site, in the form of games and videos to enjoy also. Speaking of entertainment, Lego is offering a free mobile game, called Lego Monsters Fighters Race for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch can be downloaded in the App Store on iTunes.

New Lego Monster Fighters sets involves a background story where classic movie monsters seek to gain artifacts that will allow them to bathe the world in continuous darkness. It is up to the “Monster Fighters” get these artifacts from the mummy, the werewolf, the swamp creature, Lord Vampyre, ghosts, zombies and the mad scientist.

It would be nice if you could buy zombies by the dozen, but for now my Walking Dead diorama will have to make do with the two that I have. Speaking of which, I have picked up the Lord Vampyre’s Castle to be reviewed here at a later time, so stay tuned.

The instructions to create your own vampire at home, using basic bricks, can be found by clicking here. You can also visit www.BuildTogether.com for free, downloadable step-by-step building instructions for this same vampire and a monster inspired by the Monster Fighters line. Have fun!

I can’t believe Lego has never released an official Haunted House set, but apparently this really is the first one. It’s launching in September as the pièce de résistance to the new Monster Fighters line, and it will be exclusive to Lego stores and the Lego online shop.

If you haven’t seen the new range, it basically pitches all of the classic movie monsters (vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc.) against a collection of Victorian-inspired steampunk heroes, led by Dr. Rodney Rathbone, in a quest to obtain the full set of “Moonstones” – which are required to take over the world. Here’s a nice little video to explain it all better.

The dilapidated, three-story Haunted House has over 2,000 pieces to build the gate, porch, fireplace, kitchen, office, attic, bedroom, potion room and music room, and will sell for $180/£150. Check out the builder video above to see the set’s designer enthusiastically explain all the great little features of the spooky home including:

6 minifigures: Mr. and Mrs. Vampyre, zombie chef and butler, and two ghosts that glow-in-the-dark

A cool “crooked” design with boarded up windows and wonky shutters

A fireplace that swings open, with a ship in a bottle on the mantle

A kitchen with an old-style stove, jars and table

A hidden lever in the chimney which releases a secret staircase to the attic

A gramophone, records and newspaper Lego bricks

Stickers for wall hangings, spider webs and curtains

I love that these videos show how excited the designers get about their products. They are the ultimate big-kids-in-a-toy-store. What a great job to have!